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Plano woman arrested near Amarillo with 100 pounds of marijuana

A Plano woman was arrested near Amarillo on Tuesday after highway patrol troopers caught her with 100 pounds of marijuana, according to the Amarillo Globe-News.

Department of Public Safety troopers said she was transporting the drugs from Fresno, Calif. to Texas. Her truck was stopped heading east on Interstate 40. Here’s the paper’s account:

Trooper Gabriel Medrano said Marizol Ramirez, 34, of Plano was arrested on a marijuana possession charge at 7:32 p.m. Tuesday near Wildorado.

Medrano said a Highway Patrol trooper stopped Ramirez in her 2007 Mitsubishi pickup traveling east on Interstate 40. The truck was pulling a U-Haul trailer, he said. The trooper stopped the truck after noticing a defective tail lamp on the pickup, improper safety chains connecting the trailer to the truck and a lack of license plate lights, Medrano said.

The trooper suspected criminal activity and requested permission to search the vehicle. Ramirez consented and the trooper searched the vehicle, the DPS said. The trooper discovered 100 pounds of marijuana in 61 vacuum-sealed bundles concealed in two television sets and a cardboard box in the U-Haul, Medrano said.